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'Not just Giulio Regeni': hundreds have died in Egyptian custody, says report

The number of people dying in Egyptian detention centres rose by a further 100 in 2020, taking the total number of deaths over 1,000 since the Egyptian dictatorship seized power in 2013, a new report says.

Egitto, report sui ‘Giulio Regeni egiziani’: 1058 morti nelle mani dello Stato nell’epoca al-Sisi. La maggior parte per torture e mancate cure

In un report di 53 pagine presentato nei giorni scorsi a Ginevra, il Cfj, Committee for Justice, inchioda alle proprie responsabilità l’apparato repressivo del Paese dei Faraoni nei confronti dei detenuti. Solo nei primi 10 mesi del 2020 i decessi sono stati 100

Saudi, Egyptian crackdowns signal collision with Biden agenda

With an incoming U.S. administration promising drastic changes to Mideast policy, putting human rights at the forefront, expectations have risen among observers and even U.S. diplomats that America’s Arab allies will adjust to prevent a clash with Washington.

2021-08-30

Enforced disappearance in Egypt turned from a phenomenon to a systematic policy, says CFJ

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةThe phenomenon of enforced disappearance in Egypt is no longer confined to cases that are documented or verified, the Committee for Justice (CFJ) said. Enforced disappearance has become a systematic and continuous policy used by authorities in Egypt to suppress its opponents from across the political […]

Demonstration in support of the Tunisian protests in Lyon, France, January 15th, 2011 [Wikipedia]

2021-08-16

Tunisia: Human rights organizations commend National Dialogue Quartet for forming a working committee to follow up on situation in Tunisia

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةThe undersigned human rights organizations stand in solidarity with Tunisian civil society, following the decision of President of Tunisia Kais Saied to take unprecedented exceptional measures, announced on July 25, 2021. The organizations support Tunisian civil society organizations’ demands to the president, which include the prompt […]

Ramy Shaath (L) [AmnestyAR/Twitter, Zyad El-Elaimy (R) [haythamabokhal1/Twitter]

2021-07-15

Egypt: Zyad Elelaimy and Ramy Shaath’s inclusion on the ‘Terrorist List’ is a shameful outcome of a politicized judiciary

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةYesterday July 14, the Court of Cassation rejected the appeals of human rights defenders Zyad Elelaimy, Ramy Shaath, and eleven others regarding their inclusion on the ‘Terrorist List’ for a period of five years, an appalling miscarriage of justice denounced by the signatory human rights organizations […]

Anti-Police Torture Protest [Hossam el-Hamalawy/Flickr]

2021-06-28

Egypt: On International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, First Step to Combating Torture is Accountability

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةCoinciding with the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture, the undersigned independent human rights organizations condemn the Egyptian government’s systematic practice of torture against prisoners in the country. The undersigned declare their full solidarity with victims of torture and enforced disappearance in Egypt, and […]

2021-06-23

Egypt: President Sisi must order immediate release of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy, sentenced to four years in prison

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةThe undersigned rights organizations condemn the sentencing of researcher Ahmed Samir Santawy to four years in prison, on 22 June, by the Emergency Supreme State Security Court in Case no. 774 of 2021[1]. The verdict, which cannot be appealed, also included a fine of LE500, and […]

Legal Law concept - Open law book with a wooden judges gavel on table in a courtroom or law enforcement office. Copy space for text

2021-06-21

Egypt’s Law 71: An unconstitutional step designed to expand the state’s grip on information

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةThe undersigned organizations condemn Egypt’s issuing of Law No. 71 of 2021, amending some provisions of the Penal Code, published in the Official Gazette on June 13, 2021, as yet another step in the state’s systematic attempts to obliterate truth and control information. The law is […]

2021-06-16

Egypt: In solidarity with Hossam Bahgat, state security targeting of human rights defenders must end

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةThe undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Public Prosecution’s summoning of prominent human rights defender Hossam Bahgat, the founding executive director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights (EIPR), for investigation in a new case, no. 35 of 2020. Requested by the acting head of the […]

Rabaa Sqaure Dispersal [AFP PHOTO / MOSAAB EL-SHAMY/Flickr]

2021-06-15

Egypt: Moratorium on executions is imperative as unjust death sentence upheld in Rabaa Dispersal Case

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةThe undersigned human rights organizations condemn the Court of Cassation’s 14 June verdict upholding the death sentence against twelve leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood in Case no. 2985 of 2015, known as the Rabaa Dispersal Case. The organizations demand an immediate moratorium on capital punishment in […]

2021-06-03

One year on since he was held in pretrial detention: Human rights organizations call for the release of academic Ahmed al-Tohamy

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةThe undersigned organizations call on the Egyptian authorities to release Ahmed al-Tohamy Abdel-Hay, an assistant professor of political science at the Faculty of Economic Studies and Political Science at Alexandria University, who has been held in pretrial detention for a year in Case No. 649 of […]

2021-06-02

Egypt: Hope Coalition detainees must be immediately released, after nearly two years of wrongful imprisonment

This is also available in: العربية (Arabic) متوفر ايضا باللغةThe undersigned organizations call for the immediate release of those detained in the Hope Coalition case (case no. 930 of 2019) and for the dismissal of all charges against them. As the two-year maximum lawful duration of their pretrial detention approaches, the signatory organizations are concerned […]